It's been a long time coming, but you've guessed it, beta will be up on December 20th!! (if all goes well, that is)! Of course, this will usher in a new medium for us to grow!

I'm sure there will be multiplayer, eventually if not immediately. I strongly encourage participation in other peoples servers, but be sure to mention the clan! If our server gets up quickly, be sure to tell people about it, it's ashooin to be a good one!

Notch said something about nonintrusive narratives... That could mean optional quests??? AWESOME.

YES! Beta is released! And immediately a minor patch for Beta out as well, with another one coming tomorrow, seems like there are still some major issues. So I'll wait a little bit to download it and try it out, I don't have any time today and tomorrow anyway.

It also says that there is 'something even more rare' in it as well. Anybody knows what it is? He said in the post of the beta release date announcement that 'the Nether is turning awfully cold'... I can't find anything about that in the update list so I guess it's that?